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( June 19–22 (Northern) )

Litha

also called Midsummer / Summer Solstice

The sun at her full and golden height.

Element
Fire & Sun
Theme
Abundance • Strength • Sovereignty
( Of this season )

Litha is the queen's season — when the sun rules the sky and we are invited to rule our lives with the same brilliance. This is the time to celebrate everything you have built so far, knowing the wheel will turn again toward rest.

Ancestral Note

Channels the radiant strength of Aje and the solar matriarchs of the African continent.

( Correspondences )

What this season carries.

Colors
  • Gold
  • Orange
  • Sunflower yellow
Symbols
  • The sun
  • Sunflowers
  • Oak leaves
  • Crown
Foods
  • Stone fruits
  • Honey
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Spiced rum
Herbs
  • St. John's wort
  • Chamomile
  • Calendula
  • Lavender
( Core Ritual )

The Solar Crowning

  1. 01

    Rise with the sun. Bathe in salt and citrus.

  2. 02

    Stand barefoot on the earth and lift your face to the light.

  3. 03

    Speak aloud three things you have already accomplished this year.

  4. 04

    Place a crown of flowers or fabric on your head and wear it.

  5. 05

    Burn a yellow candle from sunrise to sunset.

( Affirmations )

Speak these aloud.

  • "I am crowned by my own light."
  • "I bless what I have already built."
  • "My strength is ancestral and undeniable."
( Journal Prompts )

Sit with these.

  • What have I built this year that deserves to be celebrated?
  • Where am I being called to step into sovereignty?
  • Whose crown am I wearing — and is it mine?
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